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Nonprofit group working to preserve, renovate 82-year-old ballpark in Spencer

SPENCER — Eighth Street Ballpark has spent 82 years as northern Rowan County’s baseball hub, and now it’s ...

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‘Great things, amazing things’: Spencer board talks parks, land use plan

SPENCER — The amount of good things happening in Spencer are exciting and a bit scary, too, Steve ...

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North Rowan High students hold brief walkout

SPENCER – North Rowan High School students held a protest on their school campus Friday morning. About 200 ...

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Town of Spencer updates size, time restrictions on temporary signs

SPENCER — The town has set a new limit on how big temporary signs such as political advertisements ...

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Firefighters respond to structural fire at Bojangles in Spencer

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SPENCER — The Spencer Fire Department and surrounding agencies responded to a structure fire ...

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Sandra Sue makes NC Museum of Dolls and Toys debut

SPENCER — Margaret Kincaid’s love for a toy from her youth has landed in Spencer. The New Hampshire-based ...

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Spencer’s Citizen Advisory Board Chair wants community to work together

SPENCER – Dennis Sheppard is no newcomer to working with police departments. He has served as chaplain to ...

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Spencer lands another $50,000 in grant money for Yadkin River project

SPENCER – Carolina Thread Trail has announced it’s giving Spencer $50,000 to support its Yadkin River trailhead project ...

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Spencer holding community feedback sessions for updated parks plan

SPENCER — The town of Spencer is holding a pair of feedback sessions later this month to help ...

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Spencer extends town hall financing at request of USDA

SPENCER — The Spencer Board of Aldermen on Tuesday approved extending its interim financing deal for its new ...

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Steve Blount starts as planner in Spencer, discusses outdated comprehensive plan

SPENCER – Steve Blount, a local magistrate and the town planner Granite Quarry until recently, has taken the ...

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Spencer awards $35,000 to 15 businesses for property improvements

SPENCER — The town awarded $35,000 in grant funding split between 15 local businesses to help make improvements ...

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Spencer store owner brings online clothing business in-person with downtown shop

SPENCER — Candis Newton blames her fashion sense on her sisters. “I’m 10 years younger than my sisters,” ...

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Organizers judge first Winterfest a success, start planning for next year

SPENCER — Spencer’s inaugural Winterfest went off almost without a hitch this year. Sherry Mason Brown, one of ...

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Spencer has police applications to review, new short-term woes

SPENCER – While the town now has applications to review for some of its police vacancies, Spencer’s police ...

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Spencer picks firm to design new downtown park

SPENCER — The Spencer Board of Alderman on Tuesday agreed to contract for design services for a new ...

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Spencer board OKs restoration shop staying open

SPENCER — The Spencer Board of Aldermen signed off Tuesday on a conditional zoning that will let a ...

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Winterfest takes over Park Plaza in Spencer

SPENCER — The town kicked off its inaugural Winterfest by cutting a ribbon for its new town hall ...

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North Rowan High brings fun and new eyes in for Community Day

SPENCER –  Carla Marlin Smith had a long drive to come home and visit North Rowan High School ...

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Winterfest to transform Spencer into German Christmas marketplace

SPENCER — A winter-themed, German marketplace is coming to downtown Spencer next week after the idea was planted ...

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Spencer newcomer Andrew Howe wants Spencer to continue upward trajectory

SPENCER — Andrew Howe is a complete newcomer to the town’s political scene. He ran and was elected ...

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Photos: 2021 `Tis the Season Spectacular Parade

The `Tis the Season Spectacular Parade brought some holiday cheer to the streets of Salisbury and Spencer on ...

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Spencer town hall project in final days of construction

SPENCER — The finishing touches are going on Spencer’s new town hall as it heads toward a grand ...

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Spencer police chief to retire from town, continue bid for Davidson County sheriff

SPENCER — Police Chief Mike James is leaving the town at the end of the month and will ...

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Spencer picks design firm for Yadkin trail project

SPENCER — The Board of Aldermen on Tuesday picked a familiar designer for its upcoming Yadkin River trailhead ...

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Spencer approves deal with Rowan County Sheriff’s Office to cover officer shortage

SPENCER — The Spencer Board of Aldermen on Tuesday night approved an agreement to help fill in the ...

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Spencer Police officer departures prompt agreement with sheriff, letter from state organization

SPENCER — Spencer is down one-third of its police officers and is receiving statewide attention as it tries ...

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Spencer votes ‘yes’ on longer, staggered terms

SPENCER — A pair of ballot referendums that will increase the length of terms for elected officials in ...

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